Welcome to Hamilton and Shireen Class
I hope that you enjoy finding out what we are doing in our classes. This will be an area that will celebrate our learning and keep you up to date with the things that we are learning about.
Happy Learning!
Early Years Curriculum
The children develop through playing, exploring, active learning, creating, and thinking critically. There are 7 areas of learning which are divided into the:
Prime
- Personal, Social and Emotional Development,
- Communication and Language,
- Physical Development
Specific areas
- Literacy,
- Maths,
- Understanding the World,
- Expressive Arts and Design
The prime areas are fundamental throughout the EYFS. The specific areas include the skills and knowledge which provide meaningful contexts for learning, and they develop more fully towards the end of the early years. The children carry out many practical experiences through which they are encouraged to explore and experiment.
The children use both the indoor and outdoor classroom during teacher-directed and child-initiated times. We love outdoor learning and come rain or shine, we explore and play outside in our outdoor environment.
To read more about our Curriculum in Reception, look at our EYFS medium-term planning
We use the EYFS statutory framework, and ‘Development Matters’ to guide our learning. Our EYFS Curriculum goals are what we would like the children to aspire to become and achieve by the end of their time with us. We provide a thorough and vast range of experiences that encourage child-initiated, purposeful learning to help inspire this.
Recent news
We look, we listen, we take note because we are Hamilton Scientists!
We have enjoyed Science this Spring 2. We have learned many facts about sea creatures, life cycles and food chains. We have even improved our questioning, exploratory talk and presentation skills. Sea Creatures: Exploring classification: Mammals, Crustaceans, Fish and...
Happy Easter, Duncan Court 🙂
We love visiting our friends at Duncan Court. Today the choir went over and sang to the residents. They also helped the residents to make fantastic Easter hats - look at the wonderful gallery below. Happy Easter, Duncan Court!
Spring 2 Celebrations- Eid Party & Easter Hat Parade
Shireen class have had a fantastic Spring 2 term! And to finish off a lovely term we have had a week full of celebrations. Eid Celebrations To start our week we celebrated Eid-al-Fitr. We shared lots of stories about how our families celebrated over the weekend, with...
Exploring Partitioning: Visual learning in Shireen class
The children in Reception are starting to explore the world of numbers using the concept of partitioning. Partitioning helps children break down numbers into smaller manageable parts. To teach this we have been using the 'Part-Part-Whole' model. This provides a hands...
Hamilton Class learn together and play together!
Our day is very busy. We start with early morning learning at 8.45 am, we then move swiftly on to the register, followed by phonics, then guided reading and then literacy. Phew! We then stop have a good run around outside or play inside at the many activities. After a...
Yinka and Robbins Art Exhibition
Thank you to all the families who came to the art studio today to visit an art exhibition of their children's work. Yinka and Robbins classes have been working with artist Amy Leung over the past term as part of this year's Bow Arts project. They have explored...